CVE-2025-36384 (GCVE-0-2025-36384)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-30 21:27
Modified
2026-02-26 15:04
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Summary
IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 could allow a local user with filesystem access to escalate their privileges due to the use of an unquoted search path element.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Version: 12.1.0   ≤ 12.1.3
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
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